LORL [
http://www.loral.com/] [Communication Equipment]
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Loral Space & Communications Inc. (Loral), together with its subsidiaries, is a satellite communications company with activities in satellite manufacturing and investments in satellite-based communications services. The Company is organized into two segments: Satellite Manufacturing and Satellite Services. In the Satellite Manufacturing segment, a subsidiary, designs and manufactures satellites, space systems and space system components for commercial and government customers whose applications include fixed satellite services (FSS), direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting, mobile satellite services (MSS), broadband data distribution, wireless telephony, digital radio, digital mobile broadcasting, military communications, weather monitoring and air traffic management. Loral participates in satellite services operations principally through its investment in Telesat Canada. Telesat Canada is a provider of FSS.
The Company’s Satellite Manufacturing segments products include mid-and high-powered satellites designed for applications, such as fixed satellite services (FSS), direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting, mobile satellite services (MSS), broadband data distribution, wireless telephony, digital radio, digital mobile broadcasting, military communications, weather monitoring and air traffic management. SS/L customers have included such satellite service providers and government organizations as APT Satellite, AsiaSat, DIRECTV, DISH Networks, EchoStar, Globalstar, Hisdesat, Hispasat, ICO, Intelsat, Japan’s Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Bureau, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Optus (SingTel), SatMex, SES, Sirius XM Radio, Telesat Canada, TerreStar Networks, Thaicom, ViaSat, WildBlue Communications and XTAR. SS/L has delivered more than 220 satellites. SS/L’s sales to foreign customers, primarily in Asia, Europe, Canada and Mexico, represented 29% of SS/L revenues during the year ended December 31, 2008. As of December 31, 2008, substantially all of its long-lived assets were located in the United States.
Telesat Canada’s satellite fleet operates in geosynchronous earth orbit approximately 22,000 miles above the equator. In this orbit, satellites remain in a fixed position relative to points on the earth’s surface and provide reliable, high-bandwidth services anywhere in their coverage areas, serving as the backbone for many forms of telecommunications. As of March 10, 2009, Telesat Canada had 12 in-orbit satellites. Telesat Canada categorizes its satellite services operations into broadcast, enterprise services, and consulting and other. Telesat Canada’s sales to non-United States customers, primarily in Canada, Asia, Europe and Latin America represented 66% of its consolidated revenues during 2008. As of December 31, 2008, substantially all of its long-lived assets were located outside of the United States, primarily in Canada, with the exception of in-orbit satellites.
Both Canadian DTH service providers, Bell TV (formerly Bell ExpressVu) and Star Choice, use Telesat Canada’s satellites as a distribution platform for their services, delivering a package of television programming, audio and information channels directly to customers’ homes. In addition, EchoStar uses Anik F3, and DIRECTV uses one of Telesat Canada’s orbital locations, for DTH services in the United States. Major broadcasters, cable networks and DTH service providers use Telesat Canada satellites for the full-time transmission of television programming. Additionally, certain broadcasters and DTH service providers bundle value-added services that include satellite capacity, digital encoding of video channels and uplinking and downlinking services to and from Telesat Canada satellites and teleport facilities.
In Asia, Telesat Canada is engaged in the distribution of video content to cable head ends from which approximately 80 million households can receive television programming distributed over Telstar 10, including HBO, Sony, Disney and Hallmark. In Europe, Telstar 12 provides satellite services to cable distributor in Europe, UPC, and is used to transmit the television services of NBC and Fox. In both Brazil and Chile, Telesat Canada provides video distribution services on Telstar 14. Occasional use services consist of satellite transmission services for the timely broadcast of video news, sports and live event coverage on a short-term basis enabling broadcasters to conduct on-the-scene transmissions using small, portable antennas.
Telesat Canada provides data networks in North America, as well as the related ground segment and maintenance services supporting these networks. Telesat Canada provides Internet Protocol-based terrestrial extension services that allow enterprises to reach multiple locations worldwide, many of which cannot be connected via terrestrial means. Telesat Canada provides Ka-band, two-way broadband Internet services in Canada through Barrett Xplore Inc. and other resellers, and Ka-band satellite capacity to WildBlue which uses it to provide services in the United States. Telesat Canada provides satellite capacity and end-to-end services for data and voice transmission to telecommunications carriers located throughout the world.
Loral also owns 56% of XTAR, LLC (XTAR), a joint venture between the Company and Hisdesat Servicios Estrategicos, S.A. (Hisdesat). XTAR owns and operates an X-band satellite, XTAR-EUR located at 29o E.L. The satellite is designed to provide X-band communications services exclusively to United States, Spanish and allied government users throughout the satellite’s coverage area, including Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The Company competes with Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital Sciences, Thales Alenia Space, EADS Astrium, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Intelsat, Ltd., SES S.A., Eutelsat, S.A., Sirius, Arabsat, Hellasat, Turksat, AsiaSat, Measat Satellite Systems, Shin Satellite Plc, APT Satellite Holdings Ltd., PT Telkom and Optus in Asia; Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V., Star One, NahuelSat S.A., Hispasat S.A., Ciel and EchoStar.
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Adesso ti mando anche un ticker di una bio da visionare.. in pvt però perchè qui si parla di spazio ( anche se ASTC ha pure il segmento bio! ) e non è il caso di allargere troppo il campo.
Nelle mid cap occhio a Loral Space
agm - eroc - astc
Due anni di pazienza.
E' un mio vecchio pallino, sono appena rientrato a 46 cents..
E' l'unica micro cap del settore aerospaziale , capitalizzando nemmeno otto milioni di $.
Il suo settore principale è l'assistenza ai lanci di satelliti , nonchè degli Shuttle ; ha già subappalti anche per le future nuove generazioni di veicoli. Quello che è poi ancor più interesante è il nuovo segmento , quello biotech : una sussidiaria creata appositamente ( Astrogenetix ) studia vaccini in microgravità , e si propone di utilizzare la Stazione spaziale internazionale come laboratorio scientifico.
Sono obiettivi di enorme portata , forse esagerati per un "microbo" del genere.. quota davvero poco se confrontata con le sue valutazioni storiche.
Mi permetto di uppare il thread per l'ultima volta prima di abbandonarlo per manifesto disinteresse del FOL
La trimestrale è stata davvero esplosiva.. 0.21$ / share di EPS per un titolo vicino al dollaro è un'enormità , e non ci sono elementi straordinari. La liquidità è cresciuta a più di 5 milioni di dollari , il book value è salito a 2.31$.
Tecnicamente ha rotto , col +90% di ieri , forti volumi e chiusura a 1.38$ , ogni resistenza ; se non ricordo male dovrebbe esserci un gap che porta ad 1.80$ visto che un paio d'anni fa scese di botto alla perdita di un appalto NASA. Veri ostacoli alla salita non ce ne sono fino a 3,5 - 4 $ , dove c'è la barriera di chi ha swappato le obbligazioni in azioni nel 2007.
Penso possa pian piano fare ancora molta altra strada
